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A commentary on Manẓūmat al-qubūr, a metrical treatise discussing the state of the dead in the grave by al-Suyūṭī. The ground work is also known as al-Tathbīt ʻinda al-tabyīt.
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Metadata
- Publisher
- 1 Shaʻbān 1226 [August 21, 1811]
- People
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- Author
- Subkī, Aḥmad ibn Khalīl, 1532 or 1533-1622 or 1623
- سبكي، احمد بن خليل، 1532 or 1533-1622 or 1623
- Related Name
- Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1009H
- Language
- Arabic
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Item Summary
A commentary on Manẓūmat al-qubūr, a metrical treatise discussing the state of the dead in the grave by al-Suyūṭī. The ground work is also known as al-Tathbīt ʻinda al-tabyīt.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- هاذا كتاب التثبيت لاهل القبور.
- Transliterated Title
- Hādhā Kitāb al-Tathbīt li-ahl al-qubūr.
- Call Number
- Islamic Manuscripts, Garrett no. 1009H
- Identifier
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dcw9505c09m
- Publisher
- 1 Shaʻbān 1226 [August 21, 1811]
- Language
- Arabic
- Date Created
- 1811
- Format
- Manuscript
- Extent
- 73 leaves : paper ; 224 x 158 (152 x 100) mm bound to 210 x 170 mm.
- Provenance
- Acquired from Brill, Leyden, 1900.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift ; Robert Garrett, Class of 1897 ; 1942.
- References
- Hitti, P. Garrett Coll., 1505.
- Ḥājjī Khalīfah, Kashf al-ẓunūn (1835-58), II, p. 190.
- Fihrist al-kutub al-ʻArabīyah al-maḥfūẓah bi-al-Kutubkhānah al-Khudaywīyah, II, p. 167.
- Ahlwardt, Verzeichnis der arabischen Handschriften, 2681.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Title from title page (fol. 1a).
- A few marginal notes.
- Collation: Paper ; fol. 73 + i ; 7 quires ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil using Western numerals.
- Layout: 21 lines per page ; ruled.
- Description: Text in red and commentary in black ; watermarks (three crescents) ; MS in good condition.
- Origin: According to colophon copy completed Wednesday 1 Shaʻbān 1226 (fol. 72a).
- Incipit: بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وبه ثقتي الحمد لله الباقي يعدفنا خلقه ... اما بعد فيقول افقر الخلق الي عقو الحق احمد بن خليل السيكي الشافغي ... قد سألني بعض الاخوان ان اشرح المنظومة ...
- Colophon: وکان الفراغ من کتابتها يوم الاربع المبارك اول يوم من شعبان الذي هو من شهور سنة 1226 من الهجرة النبوية على صاحبها افضل الصلاة والسلام وصلّى الله على سيدنا ومولانا محمد النبيّ الامين وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم تسليما والحمد لله رب العالمين امين تم تم تم
- Binding Note
- Later type II (with flap) binding in light brown leather. Blind-stamped mandorla with pendants and blind-tooled edging on covers. Similar decoration on flap. Tan paper pastedowns. Not sewn. Binding evidently re-used as it is shorter and wider than its current contents.
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 159
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Princeton’s Holdings of the al-Madani Library
- Manuscripts of the Islamic World
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5c5e6295-64d1-4fdd-a2df-4367c0487f2a/manifest